Owner case study

A two-bedroom in Airport Residential that earned $47,967 in twelve months

Real numbers from a real managed unit — every figure synced from our property-management system, July 2025 through June 2026. This is what professional operations produce in Accra's strongest short-stay corridor.

$47,967gross bookings, 12 months
97%occupancy (353 of 365 nights)
$136average daily rate
4.7 / 5across 50 guest reviews
The unit

A two-bedroom with pool access, minutes from Kotoka International Airport

The apartment below is a real, continuously managed two-bedroom in our Airport Residential portfolio. We have anonymized the building and unit for the owner's privacy, but every figure is taken directly from our property-management system for the twelve months from July 2025 through June 2026. For context, AirDNA puts the median Accra listing at $794 per month at 34% occupancy — this unit averaged $3,997 per month at 97% occupancy.

Monthly gross booking revenue, July 2025 – June 2026. The September peak reflects a long premium corporate stay; December reflects Detty December seasonal pricing.

Why it performs

Three structural advantages, not luck

48% of nights booked direct

Nearly half of this unit's nights came through the Sky Suites direct network — embassies, corporates, NGOs, and 1,000+ booking agents. Direct nights carry no platform commission, which materially lifts what the owner keeps.

Dynamic pricing, checked daily

PriceLabs data plus manual strategy review. December nights sold at roughly double the July rate; the unit still filled 100% of December. Only about half the Accra market uses dynamic pricing at all.

Reviews compound into rank

50 guest reviews averaging 4.7, with 79% five-star on Airbnb. Platforms reward that consistency with search placement, which keeps the calendar full without discounting.

Honest math

What the owner actually keeps

The $47,967 above is gross booking revenue — what guests paid, before deductions. From gross, the owner pays platform commissions on OTA bookings (zero on the 48% booked direct), the Sky Suites management fee of 15%, and operating costs such as utilities and consumables. Even after all of that, the owner's net on this unit is a multiple of the $800–1,200 per month the same apartment would fetch on a long-term lease. Run the comparison for your own unit on our STR vs long-term rental page, or get a personalized number from the revenue estimator.

Methodology. Figures are drawn from Sky Suites' property-management system (Hostaway) for one continuously managed two-bedroom unit in Airport Residential, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026: 353 booked nights across 365 available nights, $47,967 in gross bookings, average daily rate $136. Unit identity is withheld for owner privacy. Individual results vary with building, finish, and seasonality — most units will not match a top-decile performer, which is why we grade every unit before quoting projections.

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